Mandarin Chinese TeacherEducationIssues and solutionsEdited by Fotini Diamantidaki, Lin Pan and KatharineCarruthers
Pub Date: 16th February 2018ISBN: 978 1 78277 223 1Extent: 220 pagesPrice: 21.99Format: PaperbackTrim Size: 234 x 156mmImprint: UCL IOE PressRights: WorldSubject: Language and Literacy
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Endorsements:'This timely publication offers real practical solutions to the challenges of teaching Chinese in schools. Its richexamples will be invaluable to teachers and teacher trainers'. Li Wei, Chair of Applied Linguistics, UCLInstitute of Education
Editor Information:Fotini Diamantidaki is a lecturer in Languages in Education for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)in Languages and other teacher education routes at the UCL Institute of Education.
Lin Pan is Mandarin Excellence Programme Coordinator and Masters of Teaching Tutor at the UCL Institute ofEducation
Katharine Carruthers is the Director of the UCL Institute of Education (IOE) Confucius Institute for Schools andPro-Vice-Provost (East Asia) for University College London. Katharine was awarded an OBE for services toeducation in the 2018 New Year Honours list.
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Description:Mandarin Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world. In a rapidly globalizing environment,speaking it is an increasingly important skill for young people in the UK.
'Mandarin Chinese Teacher Education' stems from the work of the UCL Institute of Education Confucius Institute,which supports the development of Mandarin Chinese as a language on offer in schools as part of themainstream curriculum. This edited collection brings together researchers, teachers involved in action researchand student-teachers, in an effort to address the current lack of literature specifically aimed at supportingChinese language teachers. It features:
practical ideas for teachers of Chinese to implement in their own classrooms evaluation of differing strategies and approaches unique to teaching Chinese examples of using action research to help teachers reflect on their own practice while informing practice acrossthe discipline.
The book will be useful for PGCE Mandarin students, teacher trainers and those involved in the development ofMandarin Chinese in schools across the UK and further afield.
Audience: Professional and scholarly
Table of Contents:CONTENTS: PART 1: TEACHING CHINESE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND. 1. How to encourage students touse more target language (TL) in the Mandarin classroom a study of mixed ability groups?, by Haishan Pan; 2.How Chinese characters are taught in UK schools: A survey of twelve teachers, by Emily Preston; 3. TeachingMandarin characters to foreign language learners in secondary schools in England: A case study of two Mandarinlessons in a private school and a state school, by Xu Qian; 4. Literature in Chinese language teaching andlearning supported by the use of the Internet and digital resources by Fotini Diamantidaki. PART 2: ACTIONRESEARCH AND TEACHING CHINESE IN SCHOOLS. 5. Chinese teachers as researchers: Using research as a tool toimprove practice, by Lin Pan, Robert Neal, Paul Tyskerud and Katharine Carruthers; 6. Investigating theintelligibility of Anglophone young beginner learners of Mandarin Chinese, by Robert Neal; 7. An investigationinto the most effective strategies for beginner Anglophone learners to read and write Chinese characters, by PaulTyskerud; 8. 'Checks and balances': Using proofreading skills as an effective method to improve written MandarinChinese by Victoria Allen; Appendix: An investigation of Hanban teachers' professional identity construction inBritish schools by Yi Xiang; Index.
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